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MARCH 27 /9<" < S BRITISH FREIGHTER AGROUND OFF FIRE ISLAND—Heavy seas battered the British freighter, Student Prince II, which struck a sandbar off Fire island, N.Y., near Bay Shore. The captain and crew of eight on the 150-foot vessel were rescued and brought ashore by coast guardsmen. Ice Piled 20 Feet High Bucked By Car Ferry Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., April 2 — The car ferry, Ste. Marie, breaking a channel through the ice of Whitefish Bay, has begun to buck ice piled 20 feet high by wind. The vessel which left St. Ignace yesterday, reached Parisienne Island in the centre of the bay to-day. Tanker Arrives Godrich, April 4.—The Imperial Oil tanker Windsolite arrived here late yesterday after a 36-hour trip through sixty miles of heavy ice from Sarnia. The Windsolite was about M hours overdue on her arrival, having taken about 36 hours for a trip which ordinarily would require no more than 12. ^^^ Canal Is Urged Amherst, N.S., April 4.—(CP)— The building of a canal across the Isthmus of Chignecto in conjunction with the St. Lawrence waterway development was urged in a resolution passed last night by the Amherst board of trade. The Nicholson Universal Shipping Co. refuelled three ships today in. anticipation of an attempt to open Buffalo harbor to navigation within a few days. Officials said the vessels would leave Tuesday morning in an effort to break through Lake Erie ice fields to Detroit. At least two dozen other ships were reported ready to begin navigation as soon as weather conditions permit. East winds have driven the ice fields several miles up the lake from Buffalo. + * * Crew members of the freighter! William C. Warren will raise anchorj on Sunday to mark the first clearance from Toronto for the season< When she reaches Port Dalhousie* for drydocking, no honors will ba awaiting the skipper for bringing) in the first ship, as her holds will1 be empty. The freighter will undergo an overhauling before beginning her regular season on April 15., Sunday is expected to be the sailing day for many lake ships. Crewa of the Sandland, Coalfax and Valley] Camp, conditions permitting, will leave their winter quarters to take on their first cargoes, all for Toronto. Should they all get away, the merry scramble for the Toronto) harbormaster's topper will be underf way. Canada Steamship Lines officials announced today that the opening date for their ships would be April' 15. First sailing will be from Sarnia and Point Edward and regular sailings are expected to begin shortly; after. I Corvette Launched An Eastern Canadian Port, April 7.—Another vessel of the corvette class for the Royal Canadian Navy wes launched here on Saturday, earliest launching for any season in the record of this shipbuilding plant which built several cargo ships for service in the first Great War. ^1 Dundas, April 8.— Efforts to have one of the corvettes, which are being launched weekly, named after the town of Dundas have met with the approval of the minister of national defence, Hon. Angus L. Macdonald, the town council was informed last evening. This follows some correspondence on the matter between E. H. Corman, M.P., and the town. /